Thanks Tom,
That does help I will try that.
Regards
Jim.
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Subject: Re: Returning a PDF from a web service
> I was able to do this:
> put 'application/pdf pdf'
> into a .mime.types file in my home directory...
>
> Create a javax.activation.DataHandler
> new DataHandler(new FileDataSource("myfile.pdf"))
> and pass it as a method parameter (or return type)
> then the resulting soap message has the pdf as an attachment
> with the "application/pdf" mime type specified in the header.
>
> I would think that your server method would work if
> the return type is DataHandler and if the server can
> make the mime type association.
>
> Hope this helps...
> Tom Nelson
> RABA Technologies
>
> On Mar 11 2004, Jim Collins wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to return a PDF file from a call to a web service?
I
> > want to have a method like this:
> >
> > public File getFile(String filename)
> >
> > That a client can call and which will return a PDF with the filename
> > specified if it exists.
> >
> > Thanks for you help.
> >
> > Jim.
> >
